Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A murderer sent his former partner a letter from jail after strangling his wife in a row over a bag of frozen chips, writing: “I put her to sleep.” Thomas McCann dismembered wife Yvonne before disposing of her body parts at a tip and a country park following a row at their home in Brinnington, Stockport.
He was handed life sentence last week. While awaiting trial he wrote to ex-partner Veronica Campbell, saying: “I need a friend right now.” She told the Sunday People the rambling note last June went on: “I put my Yvonne to sleep back in May.
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